General Counsel
Role summary
Super.com is seeking a General Counsel to lead its Legal function, reporting directly to the CEO. This role involves providing strategic legal advice across a broad range of matters for a fast-growing Travel and Fintech business, including corporate law, governance, contracts, data privacy, IP, employment, litigation, and risk management. The General Counsel will be responsible for building and scaling the internal legal team and processes, managing a high volume of commercial contracts, and overseeing outside counsel. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of legal practice, including law firm and in-house experience, with a JD from an accredited institution and admission to the California or New York bar. Experience in startup environments, team leadership, and specific areas like trademark, copyright, advertising, privacy, employment law, and litigation are highly valued. Fintech or public company experience is a plus. This is a remote-first position.
What you’ll be working on:
- Serve as a high-contributing member of Super.com">Super.com’s Leadership Team by counselling on strategic legal advice across a wide range of matters encompassing all functions of a fast-growing Travel and Fintech business, including general corporate, corporate governance, commercial contracts, data privacy and security, intellectual property, employment, litigation and risk management
- Continue to build the internal legal function to support our growing organization by developing a roadmap to grow the team and scale our systems and processes without hampering our ability to operate with speed
- Manage, draft, review and negotiate a high volume of commercial contracts across the organization
- Seek opportunities to improve forms, processes and systems
- Provide continuing counsel and guidance on legal matters
- Select, retain and manage relationships and matters with outside counsels, as required.
- Prepare and deliver training and presentations to the employees, management, executives and the Board of Directors on various legal and compliance matters.
- Build, mentor, manage, and scale teams reporting to you
- Do a little of everything - We’re a small team and so there are opportunities to try lots of new things!
Who we’re looking for:
- 10+ years practicing law with a combination of law firm and in-house experience
- J.D. from an accredited institution and admitted to practice law in California or New York
- Foundational training at a national law firm (preferably Am Law 200) and technology industry experience
- General Counsel with start-up experience preferred, but we will consider compelling Deputy General Counsel candidates from larger tech companies
- Proven experience building and leading teams in high-growth environments.
- A strong track record of positive outcomes for those you have hired and managed in the past.
- Advanced knowledge of trademark and copyright, advertising, privacy and data use issues will be beneficial in this role.
- Able to learn quickly and able to lead teams in high-growth environments
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Proven ability to develop positive and collaborative relationships with internal partners
- Valid membership in a state bar
Bonus points for:
- Fintech / experience in dealing with fintech regulatory environment a plus
- You are able to give practical advice without having complete information. You break down issues into smaller issues and create logical progressions through them
- Knowledge of employment laws
- Litigation experience
- Public Company experience a plus
- You’re a self-starter who is comfortable working independently. You drive projects forward
Originally posted on Himalayas
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